Far Cry 6 includes confusing and unexpected connection to Far Cry 3

The main Far Cry games always tell a new story, with new heroes and villains to know. However, Far Cry 6 breaks with tradition by including a direct, unexpected, and slightly confusing connection to Far Cry 3.

This story contains major spoilers for the end of Far Cry 6. Read no further if you don’t want to know more.

While Far Cry 6 tells a lot of its own story, the ending offers a surprising connection to Far Cry 3 by reintroducing the voice of Vaas (played by original actor Michael Mando). After the credits, an audio-only scene unfolds with a conversation between guerrilla fighter Juan Cortez and a character called “Smuggler” in legends, but who is very clearly the voice of Vaas.

The conversation is fairly innocuous, discussing the latest events in the game and establishing that Juan is providing Viviro (the fictitious cancer drug produced as part of Far Cry 6, Yara) to the smuggler. But the fact that Vaas is here is more interesting than the cat itself (which you can listen to in the video below).

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The point is, Vaas is supposed to be dead. In Far Cry 3, protagonist Jason Brody stabs the iconic villain multiple times (although, to be fair, Vaas still appears to be weakly alive the last time we see him). Far Cry 3 is set in 2012, while an alternative ending in Far Cry 6 practically confirms that it takes place in 2020 or 2021 by mentioning pandemic lockdowns.

So, does that mean Vaas survived after all? And, if so, does Ubisoft plan to bring it back in the main Far Cry games? We know Vaas will be a playable character in the upcoming Far Cry 6 DLC, but it’s described as a video game in the world, so this cameo might hint at something bigger in the character’s future. We asked Ubisoft for a comment.

This isn’t the only Far Cry connection we’ve been aware of recently. In our IGN Inside Story on Creating the Villains of Far Cry, director Clint Hocking confirmed a long-discussed theory that the villain of Far Cry 2 was an older version of the protagonist of Far Cry 1.

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